Gerry strong
Genre: Folk, Celtic & Newfoundland Traditional
Instruments: Flute, Whistles & Vocals
Velvet In The Wind
01. La reel de la Pistrolia/On the Way to Norwaya/ Susannah Perry’s (4:14)
02. Old Jigs (3:54)
03. Velvet In the Wind a (3:06)
04. The Swallow's Tail/The Road to Glountaneb/ The Lions c (4:59)
05. Seamus's Fiddle c (1:55)
06. Crazy d (3:28)
07. Old Pappere/The Maids of Mount Cisco/ Susan Cooper’s f (4:37)
08. The Subliminal Waltz c/Rønnaug Ripstrond/ Pelimannin aamu g (4:30)
09. Prosper’s Jig h/Old Bill White’s/ Lizzie’s Jig (4:06)
10. The Kildevil Air c(3:23)
11. H’Emmer Jane (2:55)
12. O'Mahoney'si/The Hunter’s House j (3:15)
13. Petty Harbour Bait Skiff k/The Self/ Trip to the Cottage/Colonel Fraser (7:40)
Gerry Strong: flute, whistles ,vocals
Duane Andrews: guitar (Tracks 6 and 8)
Andrew Dale: bouzouki (Tracks 1 and 9)
Jean Hewson: guitar (Track 13)
Paddy Mackey: bodhran (Track 12)
Fergus O’Byrne: bodhran (Track 2)
Daniel Payne: fiddle (Track 2)
accordion (Track 3)
Jim Payne: guitar (Tracks 2 and 3)
Don Walsh: guitar (Tracks 4 and 7)
Recorded at Record Time Productions,
St. John’s, Newfoundland, April –June, 2008.
Engineered by Rick Hollett and Kevin Pinhorn
Mixed by Rick Hollett, Jim Payne and Gerry Strong
Photographs by Shari Strong and Gerry Strong
Cover design by Jim Payne and Gerry Strong
Produced by Jim Payne and Gerry Strong
Click on the links below to find Velvet In The Wind at:
O' Brien's Music
Fred's Records
SingSong Inc
If you would like to work with or book Gerry Strong for your event, he can be reached at
gerrystrong@gmail.com
Gerry Strong skillfully sounds out a melody
Gerry Strong is from Little Bay Islands, Notre Dame Bay and grew up between there and nearby Little Bay. His parents moved to Ireland just before he finished high school, which marked the beginning of his immersion in traditional music. Around the same time as his mother bought him a recorder, his older sister bought an album by what was then a brand new Irish traditional music group called Planxty. Along with the Bothy Band, Planxty would become a major influence on Gerry’s interest in music, and in no time at all he switched from the recorder to the tin whistle.
While working in Stephenville Crossing in the early 1970’s, Gerry became more involved in the local music scene through the influence of Stephenville physician, Dr. Kevin McCann, who introduced Gerry to several traditional west coast musicians such as Emile Benoit and Ed Doucette, among others. Around the same time, local bands Red Island and Figgy Duff were experimenting with and developing new and exciting ways of playing local music, and Gerry became part of the renewal of interest in the folk and traditional music of Newfoundland and Labrador.
In the 1970s Gerry became a founding member of the award-winning group Tickle Harbour. Gerry travelled throughout Canada and the US while playing with Tickle Harbour, and through Ireland, England and Australia with A Crowd of Bold Sharemen.
Retirement from his job as an X-ray technologist at the Carbonear General Hospital has left him more time to pursue his love of music, sitting in on as many sessions as he can and performing solo or with What Odds, Cotillion and A Crowd of Bold Sharemen.
In November of 2017 Gerry was awarded the Slaight Music Unsung Hero award by the Canadian Folk Music Association for his contributions to the Canadian folk music scene
Gerry has also authored a book, "50 Tunes From Newfoundland and Labrador For The Tin Whistle".
This book is available for sale at O' Brien's Music, St. John's, NL
